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Chrome Dev Tools Tip: Resetting the network panel’s sort order

Here is a handy tip for those of you who use Chrome’s developer tools.

You might be familiar with the network panel and the ability to sort network resources ascending or descending by column. However, there isn’t an obvious way to reset the sort mode back to the default behavior.

I use the network panel a lot and this particular issue has been bugging me for a while. Today I figured out how to reset the sort order and I thought I’d document it.

Below is a screenshot showing the “Name” column sorted in ascending order. This might be desirable for a time, but what do you do when you’re ready to go back to the default sort order?

The trick to resetting back to the default behavior is to click on the “Timeline” column and pick “Start Time” from the dropdown context menu. Update: As of Chrome v60 and newer the “Timeline” column has been renamed to “Waterfall”. Kudos to Iilas Deros for the updated tip!